The evening world., 1887-11-18

DR.. Kost, the State Geologist of Florida, has
found the remains Of a number Of mastodons and
Of an extinct species of hyena near Cotton Plant,
Fla
An oil well, which at times spouts forth refined
as well as crude oil, IL astonishing the people of
Somerset, Pa. Some Of the scepttcs think that 1t
has been ''salted."
The family OF John X. Scott, Of Roaring Greek,
". Va, consisting of himself, his wife and eight
sons, weigh collectively p 4Ss pounds, an average
of nearly ~ pounds each.
Judge wo edward, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. has made
Mrs. Caroli1& Bausch a citizen Of the United
States. She a the first woman in the county to
apply for disqualification papers.
Nearly all the cedar wood used in making lead
pencils in this country and abroad comes from
Cedar Keys, Fla, where the mills give employ
ment to hundreds Of operatives.
A resident Of Plymouth, H., has protected his
grapevines from thieves by running wires through
the arbors and connecting them with several pow
erful electric batteries stored in his woodshed.
A well has been discovered in Mobile, Ala.
which spouts forth sparkling water heavily charged
with carbonic acid gas. When the water is sweet
ened with syrup 1t ia said to make q delectable bev-
erage not unlike soda water.
While her husband was out hunting the other
uHy MTbs BuilpltI, WIN hNNb hSut huthCy, oIC-
saw a fine antelope near the house. Picking up a
rine she killed the animal in Its tracks and soon
had 1t dressed and in the larder.
Frank Hicks, a negro living near Mckinney,
Tex. is III years old, and his descendants, of
whom there are six generations, lumber nearly
| l 200. Proof of his great age is shown by q bill of
| sale dating back to the early slave days.
Capt w. d. Fitch, of Williamsburg, g. c., has
a pocket-kniie which was found In the gizzard of O
| turkey that was killed on his farm. The knife has
q handle Of horn which has been softened almost
into pulp by the action OF the fowls gastric
juice.
The remains of John Oakly were disinterred and
reburied near Albuquerque, N. NJ, recently, and 1t
was discovered that his face and head were COW
cred with a thick growth OF hair, although when
he was buried ten years ago he was both bald and
beardless.
Fewer than 1000 stars are visible to the naked
eve, but when the heavens are viewed through o
telescope the number seen becomes countless.
Herschel estimated when he surveyed the Milky
Way that fully qSs, 600 stars appeared before MIN In
less than one hour.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hendrickson, OF Marion, H.,
was one hundred and one years old last week. A
year ago she celebrated her centennial, and her
descendants came in crowds to honor her. She 4.
Au mNettIhtt bHlOheI, having unou thO WCOu bihOo
she was twenty years Of age.
There Is considerable gossip In Rochester, Pa. ,
over the fact that Gilbert and Freeman Lloyd and
their wives have become converts to the Mormon
faith. They are prominent members Of the Baptist
church, are well liked in society and the ladies
are said 10 be very pretty and accomplished.
The numbero of colored soldiers in the war of the
rebellion was far greater than Is generally sup.
posed. According TO Col. George w. Williams,
whose a. History of the Negro Troops in the War Of
the Rebellion" has just been published, the mum
Der Of negro enlistments In the army Of the UnioI
was ITS, COO
New Orleans man has reached the conclusion
that the tabled FL Dorado Of the early explorers o
America Is u lake which occupies the extinct crate
OF a volcano near Bogota, In the United States o
Colombia lie proposes 10 raise a company I
drain the lake and recover the immense mass o
gold and gems lying At Its bottom.
ia G. A. r. man says that in war times. when tn
usual remedies for obills and fever were lacking,
was n common practice to give the patient . phi
made of the web of the black spider, or occasion
ally q live spider even, the dose being worke
down with a draught OF whiskey, The remedy
said to have always been enicacious.
The sea serpent has appeared again, this tim
in Lake Koshkonong, Michigan, where A l. shel
man, OF Fort Atkinson, saw It. II appeared I
him to be nearly forty feet long and swan with II
= head raised two feet above the surface OF the lake
! frightened Mr.. sherman exceedingly.